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Kalosauropus masitisii

Osteichthyes - Otozoidae

Taxonomy
Kalosauropus masitisii was named by Ellenberger (1970). It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Masitise tracksite (zone B/3), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho.

It was recombined as Katosauropus masitisii by Ellenberger (1972); it was considered a nomen nudum by Nicosia and Loi (2003), Rainforth (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Kalosauropus masitisii Ellenberger p. 349
1972Katosauropus masitisii Ellenberger p. 152
1984Kalosauropus masitisii Olsen and Galton p. 110

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
—Bagualosauria
—Plateosauria()
—Anchisauria
—Prosauropoda()
familyOtozoidae
genusKalosauropus
speciesmasitisii

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Kalosauropus masitisii Ellenberger 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Created: 2005-09-15 11:05:47
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:20
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Norman and Weishampel 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Lesotho (Quthing) Kalosauropus masitisii (type locality: 84063)